2016 V8 Supercar season

2016 V8 Supercar season
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The 2016 V8 Supercar season is the 20th year in which V8 Supercars have contested the senior Australian touring car series. It is the 57th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 3 March at the Adelaide Street Circuit and will finish on 27 November at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2016 features the 18th V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 33 races at 15 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as events in New Zealand and Malaysia. There will also be a stand-alone event supporting the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. The season also features the 17th second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the ninth time a third-tier series will be run, the Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar

The following events were held during the season.[1][2][3]

Event Title Circuit City / State Race/Round Date Winner Report
South Australia Clipsal 500 Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia IVC 1
IVC 2
IVC 3		 3–6 March Jamie Whincup
James Courtney
Nick Percat		 Report
DVS 1 Garry Jacobson
Victoria (Australia) Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge Albert Park Street Circuit Melbourne, Victoria IVC NC 17–20 March Shane Van Gisbergen Report
Tasmania Tyrepower Tasmania SuperSprint Symmons Plains Raceway Launceston, Tasmania IVC 4
IVC 5		 1–3 April Shane Van Gisbergen
Will Davison		 Report
Victoria (Australia) Sandown Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria KVTC 1 Taz Douglas
Victoria (Australia) WD-40 Phillip Island SuperSprint Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria IVC 6
IVC 7		 15–17 April Scott McLaughlin
Scott McLaughlin		 Report
DVS 2 Garry Jacobson
Western Australia Perth SuperSprint Barbagallo Raceway Perth, Western Australia IVC 8
IVC 9		 6–8 May Report
DVS 3
Victoria (Australia) Woodstock Winton SuperSprint Winton Motor Raceway Benalla, Victoria IVC 10
IVC 11		 20–22 May Report
KVTC 2
Northern Territory Darwin Triple Crown Hidden Valley Raceway Darwin, Northern Territory IVC 12
IVC 13		 17–19 June Report
Queensland Castrol Edge Townsville 400 Townsville Street Circuit Townsville, Queensland IVC 14
IVC 15		 8–10 July Report
DVS 4
Queensland Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint Queensland Raceway Ipswich, Queensland IVC 16
IVC 17		 22–24 July Report
KVTC 3
Malaysia KL City 400 Kuala Lumpur Street Circuit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia IVC 18
IVC 19
IVC 20
IVC 21		 12–14 August Report
New South Wales Red Rooster Sydney SuperSprint Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales IVC 22
IVC 23		 26–28 August Report
Victoria (Australia) Phillip Island Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island, Victoria KVTC 4 9–11 September
Victoria (Australia) Wilson Security Sandown 500 Sandown Raceway Melbourne, Victoria IVC 24 16–18 September Report
DVS 5
New South Wales Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 Mount Panorama Circuit Bathurst, New South Wales IVC 25 6–9 October Report
DVS 6
Queensland Castrol Gold Coast 600 Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland IVC 26
IVC 27		 21–23 October Report
New South Wales Muscle Car Masters Sydney Motorsport Park Sydney, New South Wales KVTC 5 28–30 October
New Zealand ITM Auckland SuperSprint Pukekohe Park Raceway Pukekohe, New Zealand IVC 28
IVC 29
IVC 30
IVC 31		 4–6 November Report
New South Wales Coates Hire Sydney 500 Homebush Street Circuit Sydney, New South Wales IVC 32
IVC 33		 25–27 November Report
DVS 7

International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

Coates Hire V8 Supercars Challenge

References

  1. ↑ "V8 Supercars 2016 calendar change". V8Supercars.com.au. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 Dunlop Series Locked In". V8Supercars.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kumho Series to Compete at 2016 Muscle Car Masters". V8TouringCars.com.au. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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